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Why doesn't sum of of the values in the commit size in the processes view match the commit size in the performance view in the Windows Task Manager?
Commit Size in the Processes view:
Commit size in the Performance view:
Why doesn't sum of of the values in the Commit Size in the Processes view match the commit size in the Performance view in the ...
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Does Windows 7 task manager Performance tab show all RAM and CPU usage for non-admin users?
I'm trying to specify computer upgrades for our CAD computers. IT refuses to give me admin privileges even though I'm the de facto CAD manager. Most of our computers have 8 GB RAM, but I notice mine ...
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How to see real ram usage for each program in windows 7
when i press ctrl-alt-del and open Task manager I see that Memory is used at 80% (Performance tab), but if I add all the memory usage values for each program from the Processes tabs there's no way ...
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Windows 7 shows 0 Free memory for 4 GB installed RAM
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1525 Core-2-Duo
Pre-installed RAM: 2GB
Additional installed RAM: 2GB
OS: Windows 7
I have just installed extra 2 GB of RAM in Windows 7 and now it shows total 4 GB RAM.
After ...
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How do I know how much swap is used on Windows 7?
Apparently, as per Commit charge is 100% full but physical memory is just 60% when using no page file and http://brandonlive.com/2010/02/21/measuring-memory-usage-in-windows-7/, the Commit numbers in ...
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Physical memory used space by process in taskmagare
I sum the value of used space memory by each process (all of them) that is showing in TaskManager and I understand that the sum of them is not really 68% of my memory card that is shown in the below!
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Windows using too much RAM, how to diagnose resource hog
I have 16GB of system RAM. On startup with no applications open except the task-manager Windows is using about 3gb of RAM. I looked in the processes tab, but nothing seems to be out of the ordinary. ...
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Inconsistency between Task Manager Processes Tab and Performance Tab
The Windows Task Manager, on my Windows 7 machine is consistently very inconsistent.
Specifically, the memory used by my processes (as reflected in a variety of different metrics) in the Processes ...
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Where's the memory going? [closed]
I'm getting Out of Memory errors in one of my programs (I'm a programmer).
This is ridiculous, because I have 16GB RAM on a Windows 7 x64 system, and no reason why I should be running out. So I ...
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Why does the Windows Task Manager never show more than 80% memory used?
In the Windows Task Manager I have never seen the memory usage close to 100%. If physical memory is never depleted, how come computers have virtual memory? I realize many years ago maybe computers did ...
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Why does Windows 7 use the page file when there's free physical RAM?
I am using Windows 7 64 bit with 8G ram. After some use, I feel Windows is getting sluggish. The drive is thrashing. When I look at the resource monitor and disk activity, I see a few instances of use ...
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When Windows detects the system as being sluggish, what is it basing this off of?
I asked another question about memory use, as it seems that Task Manager was not reporting memory use correctly -- the total used sum was far more than the sum of the individual programs' use. I ...
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What are these different kinds of memory usage in Windows 7 task manager?
In Windows 7's task manager, I can select different columns to show. There are a bunch that are related to memory and memory usage, but I'm not sure what it all means.
I have a Dutch installation of ...
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Physical memory full but can't seem to find what process is causing it
I'm having a problem with my laptop from time to time, sometimes it get's really slow and when I check my task manager it says something like:
Physical memory 91%
When this is happening windows ...
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How to fix task manager memory column if it shows lies
I have a problem in showing memory in task manager with memory and paging columns. Why it shows so small size usage? And maybe anyone knows how to fix it?
Here is a screenshot(working set, memory, ...
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